Country: Hong Kong
Language: Chinese
Year: 2008
Running Time: 93 min
In ancient China, on the edge of a vast desert, swordsman Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) lives the life of a vagabond, earning his livelihood by hiring others as assassins. Pitiless and cynical, his heart has long been wounded by a love he neglected then lost. But as the seasons come and go, and so do friends and enemies alike, he begins to reflect back upon the origin of his solitude.
Wong Kar Wai works his magic in this long planned "reworking" of his legendary, rarely seen and one and only martial arts film.
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Director
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Wong Kar Wai
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Production Company
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Jet Tone Films
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Producer
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Wong Kar Wai
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Producer
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Jacky Pang Yee-wah
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Producer
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Jeff Lau
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In Association With
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Beijing Film Studio
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Executive Producer
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Tsai Mu Ho
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Executive Producer
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Ye-Cheng CHAN
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Writer
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Wong Kar Wai
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Cinematographer
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Christopher Doyle
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Based on a short story by
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Louis Cha
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Martial Arts Choreographer
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Sammo Hung
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Production Design
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William Suk Ping CHANG
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Editor
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William Suk Ping CHANG
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Editor
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Patrick Tam
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Music
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Frankie Chan
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Music
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Roel A. Garcia
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Additional Score and Re-arrangement by
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Wu Tong
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Featured Cello Solos by
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Yo-Yo Ma
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Brigitte Lin
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as Mu-rong Yin / Mu-rong Yang
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Carina Lau Ka Ling
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as Peach Blossom
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Charlie Young
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as Young Girl
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Jacky Cheung
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as Hung Chi
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Leslie Cheung Kwong-Wing
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as Ou-yang Feng
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Maggie Cheung
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as The Woman
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Tony Leung Chiu Wai
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as Blind Swordsman
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Tony Leung Ka Fai
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as Huang Yao-shi
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Best Cinematography, Best Editing - Golden Horse Awards; Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume - HK Film Awards; Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay - HKFCS Awards; Best Cinematography - Venice Film Festival
Wong Kar Wai is an unusual artist in Hong Kong’s film industry. After his first few feature films, he was acknowledged as one of the most exciting Asian “auteurs” of his day and one of the most influential directors of contemporary cinema.
Born in 1958 in Shanghai, he and his family emigrated to Hong Kong when he was five years old. He obtained a diploma in graphic design from Hong Kong Polytechnic School and became a television production assistant. He worked on numerous TV series and became a screenwriter for the cinema. Wong Kar Wai’s directorial debut, AS TEARS GO BY (1988), gave him the opportunity to work with the actress Maggie Cheung for the first time. This film earned him recognition in Cannes where it was selected in the Critics’ Week category.
In 1990, Wong Kar Wai gathered together the cream of Hong Kong’s young stars for one of his most ambitious films, DAYS OF BEING WILD. CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994), an ultra-contemporary, rapid, lightweight film which earned him the title of “Chinese Quentin Tarantino” by the Anglo-Saxon press. Indeed, he has achieved similar cult status with his subsequent films.
In 1995, he shot FALLEN ANGELS based on an idea for a sketch that was written for CHUNGKING EXPRESS and dropped at the last minute. He then made HAPPY TOGETHER, a daring film telling the tale of two Chinese homosexuals exiled in Argentina during the hand-over of Hong Kong to China. With this film, Wong Kar Wai won the Best Director prize at the 1997 Cannes Festival. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE was presented in 2000 and earned Tony Leung the Best Actor award at Cannes.
2007 MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
2004 2046
2000 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
1997 HAPPY TOGETHER
1995 FALLEN ANGELS
1994 CHUNGKING EXPRESS
1994 ASHES OF TIME
1991 DAYS OF BEING WILD
1988 AS TEARS GO BY